Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes
Objectives: In this study, the association between parents’ attitudes and internet addiction among adolescent high school students was investigated through some sociodemographic variables.Methods: The research was carried out with 385 students studying in four high schools in western Turkey. Sociode...
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| description | Objectives: In this study, the association between parents’ attitudes and internet addiction among adolescent high school students was investigated through some sociodemographic variables.Methods: The research was carried out with 385 students studying in four high schools in western Turkey. Sociodemographic characteristics, parental attitude scale and internet addiction scale were used in the study. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression analysis and structural equation modeling analysis were applied.Results: The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between the combined mean score obtained from the Parental Attitude Scale and the mean score obtained from the Internet Addiction Scale, and that authoritarian parenting attitude increases the risk of internet addiction [OR = 1.70 (95% CI: 1.33–2.18)]. In the structural equation modeling analysis, the model summary fit values were determined to be at a good level (χ2/df = 2.86, GFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.073) regarding the relationship between parental attitude and internet addiction.Conclusion: Adolescents’ internet addiction levels changes related to their parents’ democratic attitude evolve. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-72d0f0c276f241a5b00ffea945ec5d972022-12-22T02:26:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642022-10-016710.3389/ijph.2022.16050651605065Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental AttitudesMehmet Bilge0Gülten Uçan1Hakan Baydur2Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur, TurkeyManisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, TurkeyManisa Celal Bayar University, Manisa, TurkeyObjectives: In this study, the association between parents’ attitudes and internet addiction among adolescent high school students was investigated through some sociodemographic variables.Methods: The research was carried out with 385 students studying in four high schools in western Turkey. Sociodemographic characteristics, parental attitude scale and internet addiction scale were used in the study. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression analysis and structural equation modeling analysis were applied.Results: The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between the combined mean score obtained from the Parental Attitude Scale and the mean score obtained from the Internet Addiction Scale, and that authoritarian parenting attitude increases the risk of internet addiction [OR = 1.70 (95% CI: 1.33–2.18)]. In the structural equation modeling analysis, the model summary fit values were determined to be at a good level (χ2/df = 2.86, GFI = 0.97, RMSEA = 0.073) regarding the relationship between parental attitude and internet addiction.Conclusion: Adolescents’ internet addiction levels changes related to their parents’ democratic attitude evolve.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605065/fulladolescenceinternet addictionparental attitudestructural equation modelingdemocratic attitude |
| spellingShingle | Mehmet Bilge Gülten Uçan Hakan Baydur Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes International Journal of Public Health adolescence internet addiction parental attitude structural equation modeling democratic attitude |
| title | Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes |
| title_full | Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes |
| title_fullStr | Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes |
| title_short | Investigating the Association Between Adolescent Internet Addiction and Parental Attitudes |
| title_sort | investigating the association between adolescent internet addiction and parental attitudes |
| topic | adolescence internet addiction parental attitude structural equation modeling democratic attitude |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605065/full |
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